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Lahmacun 2018 AFTD Food For Thought Campaign #endFTD

This is an Armenian pizza with an Arabic name. No matter what, everyone who has eaten these “Armenian Pizzas” has thought they were delicious. In honor of this year’s AFTD Food For Thought campaign, I will be posting some of Lydia’s favorite recipes. She liked cooking, watching Anthony Bourdain, the Cooking Channel, the Food Network, Gourmet Magazine, Saveur, Martha Stewart and many, many more. I have her cookbook collection at my house, plus there is a stash of hers at our parents’ house, too.

Lahmacun

Ingredients

1 tsp. sugar

1 (1⁄4-oz.) package active dry yeast

2 cups flour, plus more

1 1⁄2 tsp. Kosher salt, plus more

1⁄4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

3 tbsp. tomato paste

1 tbsp. minced flat-leaf parsley

1⁄2 tsp. cayenne pepper

1⁄4 tsp. ground cumin

1⁄4 tsp. sweet paprika

1⁄8 tsp. ground cinnamon

3 oz. ground lamb

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 plum tomato, grated

1 small onion, grated

1⁄2 serrano chile, stemmed, seeded, and minced

Instructions

Combine sugar, yeast, and 3⁄4 cup water heated to 115˚ in a small bowl; let sit until foamy, about 10 minutes. Combine flour and salt in a bowl and make a well in the center. Add yeast mixture and stir to form a dough. Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface; knead until smooth, about 6 minutes. Transfer dough to a lightly oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let dough rest until doubled in size, about 1 hour. Punch down dough, divide into 4 portions, and roll each portion into a ball. Transfer dough balls to a floured baking sheet. Cover with a damp tea towel and let rest for 45 minutes.

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Thank you, generous donors!

Our Inaugural FTD Awareness Dinner–Food for Thought: Hollywood Beach, raised over $7,000 for the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration! In my first event, we raised the 3rd most donations for the AFTD of all the fundraisers. I’m trying to double that in 2018. Margy Gates’ painting sold for $2,000 and 65 people bought tickets to the dinner and participated in the silent auction. More generous donations came through online by people who couldn’t attend. Thanks to Kelly’s Lot and The Waterside Restaurant and all the generous donors. Thank you all for making this event a success!

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Together, we can #EndFTD!
https://www.classy.org/fundraiser/1596068

Your donation to AFTD's Food For Thought Campaign will help fuel AFTD's mission: to improve the quality of life of people affected by FTD and drive research to a cure.